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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition.

Article R4532-79

The following may attend meetings of the inter-company college in an advisory capacity: 1° Occupational physicians; 2° Representatives of the Labour Inspectorate; 3° Representatives of the Organisme P…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Other provisions.

Article R662-7

Where the interests involved justify the transfer of one of the proceedings provided for in Book VI of the legislative part of this Code to another court pursuant to Article L. 662-2, this referral ma…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Resources of the deposit guarantee and resolution fund

Article L312-7

…hat member may be cancelled by decision of the Enforcement Committee. In this case, the sums paid remain the property of the Deposit Guarantee and Resolution Fund. These certificates may be remunerate…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Judicial protection

Article L431-7

The persons, trade unions and associations mentioned in the first two paragraphs of article L. 431-6 who claim to have been injured by acts prohibited by articles L. 431-2 and L. 431-4 may bring a civ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-21

Notwithstanding the provisions of 5° of Article 713-20, the execution of the confiscation order may not, with regard to taxes or duties, customs and exchange, be refused on the grounds that French law…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Provisions relating to the judicial supervision of dangerous persons convicted of a felony or misdemeanour

Article 723-38

…rm of criminal imprisonment of fifteen years or more for one of the offences referred to in article 706-53-13, it may be renewed for as long as the person is subject to judicial supervision or securit…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to compensation for personal injury.

Article R421-7

Where, in the circumstances referred to in article R. 421-6, a claim for compensation is brought before a court other than a criminal court, the injured party or those entitled on his behalf must, in…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recommendations sent to subscribers

Article R331-7

…In this case, a secure electronic signature is used under the conditions provided for by Article 1367 of the Civil Code and Decree No. 2017-1416 of 28 September 2017 on electronic signatures.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Judgment on liability

Article L623-7

If the judge finds that the trader is liable, the judge shall, by the same decision, order appropriate measures to inform consumers likely to belong to the group of this decision.The measures to publi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Trust

Article 766 bis

For the liquidation of transfer duties on death, the assets or rights transferred into a trust estate or those that may have been acquired in reinvestment, as well as the fruits derived from the explo…

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